Call to put research free on websites
Universities should publish academics' research papers freely on their websites, MPs have been told. The Commons science and technology committee, which last week announced an inquiry into scientific...
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Female rabbits get in a flap over being with other bunnies
Human females may be accused of rabbiting together, but Edinburgh University research has found that female bunnies will push open cat flaps to socialise with other females. Shirley Seaman of the...
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Legal fear over degree plan
Government proposals to offer some institutions "time-limited" degree-awarding powers may be illegal and could spark litigation from students, higher education college heads have warned. The...
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NHSU sets out its vision
The National Health Service's planned university aims to enrol 250,000 students over the next four years, playing a vital role in improving healthcare skills in the UK, its long-awaited strategy...
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Revamp as Brunel aims for RAE glory
Brunel University has created 20 professorial posts and approved a change of academic structure in an attempt to boost its research performance. The move, agreed by Brunel's governing council,...
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Diary of a clinical academic
Rob Sneyd is professor of anaesthesia at the Peninsula Medical School at Plymouth, and The THES asked him to keep a diary to give some idea of how medical academics seek to balance the three aspects...
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'Partners sitting on cash for colleges'
Universities are creaming off up to half of the public funding they receive under deals to allow their courses to be delivered by further education colleges. In a report that raises serious questions...
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Contract fears for medics
Medical schools' obsession with research could undermine a new contract for clinical academics, the British Medical Association warned this week. Medical academics have until January 9 to vote on a...
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Variable top-up fees: invariably unpopular
Will Labour MPs really let the higher education bill fail? The THES reports Peter Bradley, Labour MP for Wrekin and private parliamentary secretary to Alun Michael, minister of state for rural...
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The 'joke' field with serious prospects
Media studies Phil Baty reports on the fight to defend the image of a tarnished subject. It is "sub-Marxist gobbledegook" taught by "talentless individuals", according to rightwing historian Roger...
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Kilted soldiers show tackles in wartime
Historians have long dismissed the first world war football match that stopped fighting on the battlefield on Christmas day 1914 as folklore, but research suggests that festive games kicked off up...
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Media tarts at heart of success
Jealousy of colleagues they describe as "media tarts" may encourage academics to seek publicity for their stories and so raise their university's public profile, a press officers' conference has...
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More Scottish graduates stay loyal to their roots
The number of new graduates from Scottish universities choosing to work in Scotland is rising, according to the latest figures. The Scottish Executive's first destination of graduates survey for 2001...
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Italians to rebuild face of Petrarch
A team from Padua University has opened the marble sarcophagus containing the remains of Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) and plans to recreate his face and body. But when a 1-tonne...
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1,100 staff could go in Irish spending freeze
Job losses are inevitable following an Irish government decision to freeze state spending on the republic's seven universities next year. Exchequer funding makes up 85 per cent of the universities'...